Question

how did the subsidiary alliances and doctrine of lapse help the British to gain control over India​

Answer 1

Answer:

Both the process of Doctrine of lapse and subsidiary alliance were used by the Britishers as the powerful tools for the policy of annexation because these were the instruments where they had to put or invest the least effort and that too at the cost of Indian economy and Indian Power and gain much.They were able to annex many parts of India with these instruments either when there was no heir of the ruler or when ruler was backed or supportd by the British against his enemy.